Senior AI Engineer

Pearson; España; A distancia; EUR 60.000 - 90.000; Jornada completa

Descripción de la vacante

A global education company is seeking a Senior AI Engineer passionate about AI and education. This role involves collaborating with product owners, leading projects, and architecting scalable solutions. The ideal candidate has strong software engineering skills, experience in AI technologies, and excellent communication abilities. The company fosters an inclusive and diverse work environment with a commitment to continuous learning.

Formación

• Proven experience in software engineering principles and development processes.
• Hands-on experience with programming languages such as Python, GoLang.
• Some experience with cloud environments like AWS, GCP, Azure.

Responsabilidades

• Partner with product owners to design and maintain backend components.
• Collaborate in cross-functional teams for defining requirements.
• Lead projects, ensuring best practices in backend services.

Conocimientos

Data engineering

Machine learning engineering

Problem-solving

Agile practices

Collaboration

Communication skills

Attention to detail

Continuous learning

Educación

Bachelor's or Master's in Computer Science, Software Engineering

Herramientas

Python

GoLang

Docker

Kubernetes

TensorFlow

PyTorch

Descripción del empleo

Overview

Join to apply for the Senior AI Engineer role at Pearson.

Role aim: Are you passionate about AI and Education? We are thrilled to announce a great opportunity to join our international AI organization inside the English Language Learning division as a senior AI Engineer to work on one of the most critical products in the company.

Role profile

This position requires an experienced and fully competent professional with a broad set of data engineering and machine learning engineering skills, and possibly also basic leadership skills.

Time allocation

• New features : 50-70%
• Documentation : 15%
• Meetings, incl. supervision : 10-30%
• Maintenance : 5%

Responsibilities

• Partner with product owners to design, implement, and maintain backend components for digital products.
• Collaborate in cross-functional teams to define objectives, requirements, and timelines.
• Lead projects and advocate for backend best practices, supporting strategic and innovation initiatives.
• Architect scalable backend services and APIs, including AI integration and deployment of microservices.
• Operationalize AI models with data science teams and ensure system reliability and scalability.
• Maintain technical documentation and mentor junior engineers.
• Champion continuous improvement, innovation, and knowledge sharing within the team.
• Mentor and coach junior engineers, supporting their technical growth and onboarding.
• Oversee the software development lifecycle, adhering to best practices like DevOps, Clean Code, and DDD.
• Ensure security and compliance, working closely with relevant teams.
• Stay updated on industry trends and recommend process or technical improvements.

Most Desirable Qualifications

• Bachelor's or Master\'s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related field.
• Proven experience in software engineering principles, development processes, technologies, extreme development methodologies and practices and industry trends for Development and QA.
• Hands-on experience with programming languages such as Python, GoLang.
• Some experience with at least one of the following AI / ML technologies (Tensorflow, PyTorch, OpenAI Gym).
• Proficiency in at least one of the modern cloud environments (AWS, GCP, Azure).
• Proficiency in best practices for software engineering (code review, multi-stage testing, CI / CD).
• Some experience with scalable development (Docker, Kubernetes).
• Strong problem-solving and analytical skills, with a keen attention to detail.
• Some experience with data processing (building pipelines, data versioning).
• Some experience with applied AI / ML theory (e.g. neural networks, reinforcement learning, statistical modelling).
• Some experience with AI / ML tools (Jupyter Notebook, DVC, Neptune.ai, Weights & Biases).
• Working experience in Agile practices, product and project management principles.
• A passion for staying up to date with emerging technologies and industry trends.
• Commitment to fostering an inclusive and diverse work environment.
• Excellent communication skills, with the ability to effectively collaborate and build relationships with stakeholders at all levels. Able to communicate technical concepts to non-technical individuals.
• Experience with working in a diverse, remote, asynchronous team.
• Proficiency in written and spoken English.
• Desire for continuous learning.

Who we are

At Pearson, our purpose is simple: to help people realize the life they imagine through learning. We are the world\'s lifelong learning company. For us, learning isn\'t just what we do. It\'s who we are.

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